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of its abdomen. Often when they are disturbed in this agree- 
able occupation, not wishing to leave it, they fly away with their 
prey; their flight, however, is not sufficiently powerful to allow 
of their carrying to any great distance such a heavy burden. 

Fig. 526.—Cicindela heros. Fig. 527.—Cicindeta Fig. 528.—Cicindela 
quadrilineata. capensis. 
When a Cicindela is seized between the fingers, it moves about 
its mandibles and endeavours to pinch, but its bite is inoffensive 
and not very painful. They are prodigiously active in running. 
Armed with jaws which are powerful enough to overcome their 
victims and to seize them at once, they can dispense with 
stratagem. 










Fig. 529.—Larva of Cicindela Fig. 530.—Ambush of larva of 
campestris. Cicindela campestris. 
Their larve (Fig. 529) are soft, and have short legs. To 
satisfy their voracity they are obliged to lie in ambush in holes. 
They are two-thirds of an inch long; their head is horny and in 
